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J. S. BANCROFT.

SWEAT BAND FOR HATS.

No. 246,588. Patented. Sept. 6,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. BANOROFT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SWEAT-BAND FOR HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 246,588, dated September 6, 1881.

Application tiled July 14, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, JOHN S. BANCROFT, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Im proved Sweat-Band for Hats, of which the following' is a specification.

Figure l is a perspective view ot a hat having my improved sweat-hand. Fig. 2 is an in nerface view of a piece of the sweat-band; Fig. 3, an outer face View ofthe same. Fig. 4 is a cross-section thereof.

This invention relates to anewporous sweatband; and it consists in making the same of ilat braided material-such as manila, bamboo, or strips of willow-so that itmay have a substantially continuous surface and still be porons.

It also consists in combining such a braided sweat-band with a backing of oiled silk, oiled muslin, or the like, to protect the hat against the injurious effects of perspiration.

Heretot'ore sweat-bands were mostly Inade ot' material impervious to moisture, such as oiled silk. Such material, being in contact with the head of the wearer, gave no opportunity for the escape of perspiration, confining it to contact with the head, thereby adding greatly to the discomfort in hot weather and to a clogging ofthe pores. Sweat-bands made of perforated material were objectionable because not continuous, and left the marks of the apertures on the forehead. By braiding` the sweat-band and overlapping the several layers ofthe lat material from which they are made I obtain a practically-continuous surface, and atthe same timeadegree of porosity which will allow drops of perspiration to pass through. By combining these porous braided sweatbands with a backing of water-proof material themoisture is prevented from striking through and injuring the body of the hat and the hat-- band and from discoloringthe same.

In the drawings, the letter A represents a suitable hat or cap, helmet, or the like.

B is theimprovedsweat-band. The sameis made of flat strips of willow, bamboo, manila, or similar flat substance, and braided in such manner as to form a practically continuous surface. The thinner the strips from which the sweat-band is made the better will be the result. At the upper and lower edges this braided sweat-band is bound by suitable edging. Back of the braided sweat-band-that is to say, between it and the hat-isabacking, C, of oiled silk, oiled muslin, or other waterproof fabric. This backin g should extend from the lower edge ofthe sweat-band upward either to the entire height of the sweat-band or to about the middle ot' its height, more or less.

In Fig. 2 the oil-silk backing O is shown to to be about haltl as high as the sweat-band B, and above it is shown an upper backing, D, of silk, muslin, or other porous fabric.

This improved braided sweat-band will be found cool and ventilating, not liable to abrade or dot the skin, and ready always to carry the moisture away from the skin. By providing it with the water-proof backing C it will prevent the moisture from striking through and injuring the hat and the outer hatband, and stillkeep the moisture away from the skin. The upper backing, D, when made porous, will assist in insuring perfect ventilation.

I claim- 1. In a hat, the sweat-ba-nd B, made ot dat strips braided together to form a practically'- continuous surface, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The braidedsweat-bandB, combined with the impervious backing C, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The braidedsweat-band B,combined with the lowerimpervious backing, C, and with the upper porous backing, D, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN s, BANonoET. 

